Table A.4.6 Sorghum: area, yield and production (countries with more than 10000ha sorghum)
Area (harvested) '000 ha | Yield (kg/ha) | Production ('000 tonnes) | |||||||
1969/71 | 1979/81 | 1989/91 | 1969/71 | 1979/81 | 1989/91 | 1969/71 | 1979/81 | 1989/91 | |
World | 50343 | 45062 | 42399 | 1 143 | 1454 | 1344 | 57567 | 65525 | 57002 |
All developing countries | 43590 | 38588 | 37348 | 840 | 1 139 | 1068 | 36633 | 43948 | 39889 |
93 Developing countries | 43579 | 38555 | 37311 | 840 | 1 139 | 1066 | 36622 | 43918 | 39778 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 15094 | 13122 | 17046 | 672 | 852 | 747 | 10138 | 11180 | 12729 |
Benin | 91 | 90 | 140 | 565 | 649 | 762 | 52 | 59 | 107 |
Botswana | 133 | 98 | 140 | 278 | 209 | 320 | 37 | 21 | 45 |
Burkina Faso | 1 054 | 1 051 | 1 325 | 501 | 590 | 750 | 528 | 620 | 993 |
Burundi | 21 | 53 | 58 | 986 | 1 000 | 1 117 | 21 | 53 | 65 |
Cameroon | 353 | 374 | 515 | 727 | 805 | 707 | 257 | 301 | 364 |
Central African Rep. | 42 | 57 | 37 | 787 | 675 | 628 | 33 | 39 | 23 |
Chad | 495 | 414 | 456 | 691 | 507 | 587 | 342 | 210 | 268 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 28 | 40 | 45 | 507 | 606 | 579 | 14 | 24 | 26 |
Ethiopia | 950 | 1 048 | 810 | 877 | 1 355 | 1 086 | 833 | 1 419 | 880 |
Gambia | 7 | 6 | 12 | 905 | 783 | 881 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
Ghana | 209 | 223 | 255 | 705 | 628 | 775 | 147 | 140 | 197 |
Guinea | 20 | 20 | 21 | 1 250 | 1 250 | 1 110 | 25 | 25 | 23 |
Kenya | 201 | 168 | 124 | 1070 | 951 | 932 | 215 | 160 | 116 |
Lesotho | 75 | 58 | 34 | 756 | 1 021 | 781 | 57 | 59 | 26 |
Malawi | 107 | 30 | 31 | 730 | 667 | 590 | 78 | 20 | 18 |
Mali | 384 | 434 | 811 | 868 | 785 | 835 | 333 | 341 | 677 |
Mauritania | 229 | 102 | 120 | 327 | 279 | 600 | 75 | 28 | 72 |
Mozambique | 261 | 288 | 422 | 774 | 630 | 396 | 202 | 182 | 167 |
Namibia | 10 | 15 | 16 | 433 | 422 | 500 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
Niger | 589 | 822 | 15 1 2 | 445 | 422 | 280 | 262 | 347 | 423 |
Nigeria | 6 303 | 2 683 | 4 318 | 631 | 1 224 | 1 032 | 3 980 | 3 284 | 4 454 |
Rwanda | 132 | 159 | 154 | 1068 | 1 123 | 1 157 | 141 | 178 | 178 |
Senegal | 122 | 130 | 135 | 821 | 1014 | 897 | 100 | 131 | 121 |
Sierra Leone | 5 | 7 | 34 | 1250 | 1571 | 634 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
Somalia | 367 | 478 | 450 | 352 | 350 | 540 | 129 | 167 | 243 |
Sudan | 1888 | 3 054 | 3 904 | 808 | 744 | 534 | 1525 | 2 273 | 2 085 |
Tanzania | 310 | 713 | 479 | 503 | 762 | 978 | 156 | 543 | 468 |
Togo | 0 | 122 | 190 | 0 | 714 | 717 | 0 | 87 | 136 |
Uganda | 299 | 175 | 239 | 1271 | 1784 | 1495 | 381 | 312 | 357 |
Zaire | 29 | 36 | 77 | 819 | 899 | 637 | 24 | 32 | 49 |
Zambia | 76 | 31 | 44 | 649 | 534 | 562 | 49 | 16 | 25 |
Zimbabwe | 294 | 140 | 138 | 415 | 611 | 579 | 122 | 85 | 80 |
Near East/North Africa | 1 363 | 1 153 | 784 | 1 287 | 1 232 | 1 557 | 1 754 | 1420 | 1 220 |
Egypt | 206 | 172 | 133 | 4121 | 3740 | 4746 | 847 | 644 | 631 |
Morocco | 67 | 45 | 27 | 1 048 | 436 | 546 | 70 | 20 | 15 |
Saudi Arabia | 174 | 281 | 139 | 1059 | 437 | 1 176 | 185 | 123 | 164 |
Tunisia | 13 | 14 | 8 | 551 | 427 | 390 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
Yemen | 895 | 631 | 470 | 712 | 977 | 854 | 637 | 617 | 402 |
East Asia | 5 499 | 3 076 | 1 728 | 1 591 | 2 376 | 3 060 | 8 749 | 7 307 | 5 287 |
China (Mainland) | 5407 | 2825 | 1525 | 1591 | 2487 | 3296 | 8600 | 7025 | 5025 |
Korea DPR | 25 | 13 | 10 | 1 188 | 1331 | 1530 | 30 | 18 | 15 |
Thailand | 48 | 220 | 188 | 1961 | 1074 | 1275 | 95 | 237 | 239 |
South Asia | 18106 | 16766 | 14316 | 487 | 693 | 789 | 8825 | 11616 | 11302 |
India | 17585 | 16361 | 13902 | 484 | 696 | 795 | 8516 | 11380 | 11059 |
Pakistan | 518 | 403 | 413 | 594 | 582 | 586 | 308 | 235 | 242 |